necessary sacrifice

I was just listening to the Sound of Music soundtrack (as one does), and it could be that I’m just so excited about Chemtrails that I can’t think of anything else, but this verse in My Favourite Things stood out to me: ”Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes/Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes/Silver white winters that melt into springs/These are a few of my favourite things” Just made me excited because winter really is melting into spring just as Chemtrails is coming out and also it suddenly feels like I’m noticing mentions of white dresses in literally everything now lol.

Wow now I’m sad this isn’t real

I feel these lines deep in my soul

Only 2 weeks til COTCC!! we’ve almost made it

I’m not too particular about what producers Lana works with, but I do think it’d be cool if she worked with Brian Wilson for an album

So both Lana and Justin are releasing on March 19th, which is also St. Joseph’s day, whose the patron saint of work.... yeah, Justin’s not getting that number one. If we wanna be extra certain though, I’m sure there’s spells or prayers we can do to invoke St. Joseph for assistance. Sorry, it’s been a witchy morning.

Violet says hi

Only 3 more weeks til we get to hear COTCC in full!!! I can’t believe it’s coming so soon already

My rose crewneck arrived today! It’s longer than I expected, but I like it lol. I especially like the way the rose on the back looks. And it’s so cozy. I’m just very happy with it.

Honestly first listens don’t have a huge impact on me because I’m still absorbing everything whether it’s a song or a full album, so I’m not really particular about hearing or not hearing songs before listening to an album. Growing up I mostly just heard singles (and “fan favourite” non singles) on the radio or mixtapes, but that was my introduction to most artists. When I was older I listened to albums in full that had songs I loved on them, sometimes I’d even know half the album already, but now when I listen to those albums, I don’t think about it. It’s just one big experience now. But I’d also then check out other albums by those artists that had no songs I knew and I’d get to hear them completely fresh and I wouldn’t even know which songs were singles and that really is a refreshing experience. There’s pros and cons of both experiences, but for me, I find it no longer matters after you’ve fully absorbed the album and it becomes part of you. And if a single is released before an album, if it’s an artist I really care about (like Lana), I’m gonna listen to it right away instead of letting the internet spoil it for me. Plus Lana usually chooses more important songs as singles instead of just whatever’s the most commercial, so they usually work best as slow burns and deserve the time to really let them sink into your soul. But then maybe that’s just me justifying having no self-control lol. Either way though, after hearing the album a hundred times, it won’t matter whether we listened to some songs first or not.

Thank you! My brother surprised me with the cake. And I love my wine glasses too, they’re very durable lol. And that is me in the picture, back when I my beautiful hair wasn’t falling out.

Here it is!

I love this movie so much (as well as Viva). It’s exactly what I wanted out of a modern film. The cinematography, the acting, the costumes, the sets, the story— everything about it is perfect. And I love how it’s kinda written like a pre-code film, you don’t get a lot of characters like Elaine anymore. Plus I do always love films about witches (especially ones where they use more realistic type spells and rituals, which this one does). It’s a shame though how often men seem to misunderstand it but I guess that’s how all the best art is lol. Also, back in 2017 I had a Love Witch ice cream cake for my birthday. I just love you his film so much. Anna Biller is definitely one of my favourite filmmakers of all time.

(Grab your white dresses!)

So... who’s excited for White Dress? 5 days hopefully!

Feelin this

Washing my hair Doing the laundry Late night TV I want you only Like when we were kids under chemtrails and country clubs

Between the LOTR reference and the Joni Mitchell influences, this album seriously feels catered specifically to me. It’s like Lana set out to make my favourite album of all time lol.

It romanticizes taking the ring to Mordor!

Idk if this is weird but I already feel like Yosemite is a kind of soul sister to Joni Mitchell’s Jericho. They’re both named after places and were resurrected outtakes from a few albums earlier. Plus Yosemite has bongos, while Jericho has congas. Now whenever I listen to Jericho, I’m like “fuck yeah Yosemite here we come.”

I actually loved the line in Tomorrow Never Came because it seems like a cringey thing to say but it would be exactly what I’d be thinking too if I was singing with Sean

I’ve been covering Joni and dancing with Joan

Thinking of how autobiographical the album is supposed to be, it makes me think back to our earlier Hejira comparisons again. About that album, Joni said all her other albums could’ve been made by anybody (a lie but whatever), but Hejira could’ve only come from her. I feel like Chemtrails will be like that for Lana.

For some reason, I used to hear “I have heavy horse dreams”

4 weeks til COTCC!